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Testament by Chris Hondros – reviewhttp://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/23/testament-chris-hondros-war-photography-review
The final stories of a charming and much-missed war photographer who watched the world for us<p>It happens, doesn't it, when someone is killed. Whether that person was a war reporter or journalist or somehow a public figure, the reaction is the same: their work was astonishing. He or she was an incredible person with hundreds of friends. There is a hagiographic pattern to the public mourning that doesn't always convince because it&nbsp;happens as rote. But with all the praise given to <a href="http://www.chrishondros.com/" title="">Chris Hondros</a> since he was killed by a mortar attack in Libya just over three years ago – it's all true. He really was that good. He really was that loved.</p><p>I first encountered Chris online. I&nbsp;was writing a book on Liberia, and I&nbsp;found an essay he'd written (reproduced in <em>Testament</em>) about a shell attack in Monrovia. It was thoughtful, observant. I was intrigued. A photographer who could actually write? There aren't many of those. I emailed him asking if I&nbsp;could quote his essay; he emailed back; we became friends. I always knew that, out of the two of us, he was the proper journalist. I have avoided war; he was always in it. I would see him in London sometimes, when he was returning from a month or so embedded in Iraq or Afghanistan.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/23/testament-chris-hondros-war-photography-review">Continue reading...</a>Art and designChris HondrosBooksPhotographyArt and designMediaCultureFri, 23 May 2014 10:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/may/23/testament-chris-hondros-war-photography-reviewChris Hondros/Getty ImagesAn unconscious woman is carried over the heads of the crowd at a political rally in Liberia. Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty ImagesChris Hondros/Getty ImagesA child Liberian militia soldier on a bridge in Monrovia, Liberia. Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty ImagesChris Hondros/Getty ImagesA child Liberian militia soldier on a bridge in Monrovia, Liberia. Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty ImagesRose George2014-05-23T10:00:00ZThe 20 photographs of the weekhttp://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/gallery/2014/may/03/20-photographs-ukraine-barcelona-vilanova-crystal-palace
The crisis in Ukraine, Tito Vilanova's memorial service in Barcelona, the tornado in Arkansas – the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/gallery/2014/may/03/20-photographs-ukraine-barcelona-vilanova-crystal-palace">Continue reading...</a>PhotographyArt and designCultureBarcelonaFootballUkraineLondon & South EastLondon UndergroundSyriaSouth Korea ferry disasterCentral African RepublicTurkeyChris HondrosSony world photography awardsSat, 03 May 2014 10:28:14 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/gallery/2014/may/03/20-photographs-ukraine-barcelona-vilanova-crystal-palaceManu Brabo/APA pro-Russian activist tries to breathe after the police fired teargas during a pro-Russia demonstration during International Worker's Day in Donetsk Photograph: Manu Brabo/APJim Powell2014-05-03T10:28:14ZDaniel Berehulak wins Chris Hondros photography award - in pictureshttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/may/02/daniel-berehulak-wins-chris-hondros-photography-award-in-pictures
<p>Australian photographer Daniel Berehulak has been chosen to receive the 2014 Getty Images and Chris Hondros Fund award, created to honour photojournalist and two-time Pulitzer prize nominee Chris Hondros, killed while on assignment in Libya</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/may/02/daniel-berehulak-wins-chris-hondros-photography-award-in-pictures">Continue reading...</a>PhotographyWorld newsChris HondrosNews photographyAwards and prizesFri, 02 May 2014 17:12:30 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/may/02/daniel-berehulak-wins-chris-hondros-photography-award-in-picturesPhotograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty ImagesVillagers walk through flood waters in Baseera, Pakistan. Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty ImagesVillagers walk through flood waters in Baseera, Pakistan. Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty ImagesGuardian Staff2014-05-02T17:12:30ZTestament by Chris Hondros - in pictureshttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/mar/19/testament-by-chris-hondros-in-pictures
<p>Testament is a collection of photographs and writing by Getty Images’ late photojournalist Chris Hondros, spanning over a decade of coverage from conflict zones. The book, published by PowerHouse Books, includes work from Kosovo, Afghanistan, the West Bank, Iraq, Liberia, Egypt and finally Libya, where Hondros was killed on assignment in 2011</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/photography-blog/2014/mar/19/chris-hondros-photographer-gave-his-life-to-tell-truth-gaddafis-libya">• The photographer who gave his life to tell the truth about Gaddafi’s Libya</a><br></p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/mar/19/testament-by-chris-hondros-in-pictures">Continue reading...</a>PhotographyChris HondrosArt and designWed, 19 Mar 2014 07:00:06 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/mar/19/testament-by-chris-hondros-in-picturesPhotograph: Chris Hondros/Getty ImagesJoseph Duo, a Liberian militia commander loyal to the government, exults after firing a rocket-propelled grenade at rebel forces in Monrovia, Liberia. Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty ImagesPhotograph: Chris Hondros/Getty ImagesJoseph Duo, a Liberian militia commander loyal to the government, exults after firing a rocket-propelled grenade at rebel forces in Monrovia, Liberia. Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty ImagesNicholas Pritchard2014-03-19T07:00:06ZThe photographer who gave his life to tell the truth about Gaddafi's Libyahttp://www.theguardian.com/media/photography-blog/2014/mar/19/chris-hondros-photographer-gave-his-life-to-tell-truth-gaddafis-libya
<p>Award-winning photojournalist Chris Hondros was killed by a rocket-propelled grenade while covering the Libyan conflict in 2011. As a book of his images and writing is published, Jonathan Klein, CEO of Getty Images, shares his memories </p><p>Chris was never short of words or stories, yet my most powerful memory of him occurs when I look at his overall body of work – and at an image of him that sits on my desk. It is impossible for me to choose a “favourite” Chris image; the essence of the man, his humanity and deep warmth, always came through no matter how terrible the situation. </p><p>Chris was one of the first photographers we hired when we decided to support photojournalism. His insights and ethics helped form the foundation of our news organisation, and he took tremendous pride in what achieved since those early days.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/photography-blog/2014/mar/19/chris-hondros-photographer-gave-his-life-to-tell-truth-gaddafis-libya">Continue reading...</a>PhotographyChris HondrosArt and designWed, 19 Mar 2014 07:00:06 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/photography-blog/2014/mar/19/chris-hondros-photographer-gave-his-life-to-tell-truth-gaddafis-libyaPhotograph: Getty ImagesChris Hondros on assignment in Afghanistan. Photograph: Getty ImagesPhotograph: Getty ImagesChris Hondros on assignment in Afghanistan. Photograph: Getty ImagesJonathan Klein2014-03-19T07:00:06ZThe month in photographyhttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/audioslideshow/2011/may/06/new-review-month-in-photography
The Observer New Review's monthly guide to the 20 best photographic exhibitions and books, with images by Tim Hetherington, Bruce Davidson, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Nadav Kander, Herb Ritts and many more.<br /><br />Click the play button to watch the slideshow; click on 'captions' for information on the photographs; pause and click on the links in the captions to be directed to relevant articles, galleries and websites. Best viewed in full screen <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/audioslideshow/2011/may/06/new-review-month-in-photography">Continue reading...</a>PhotographyExhibitionsArt and designCultureTim HetheringtonMediaChris HondrosUK newsRoyal weddingAfghanistanLibyaWorld newsAfricaFri, 06 May 2011 13:33:31 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/audioslideshow/2011/may/06/new-review-month-in-photographyHerb RittsTatjana Veiled Head, 1988, by Herb Ritts Photograph: Herb RittsJim Powell2011-05-06T13:33:31ZGuy Martin: capturing the conflict in Libya - in pictureshttp://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2011/apr/23/libya-war-reporting-guy-martin
Photographer Guy Martin was seriously injured in the attack that <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/20/libya-killed-hetherington-restrepo?intcmp=239">claimed the lives of two photojournalists in Misrata</a>.<br />Here we look at a series of portraits he has taken for the Observer and some of his most recent images from Misrata <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2011/apr/23/libya-war-reporting-guy-martin">Continue reading...</a>LibyaWorld newsWar reportingPhotographyMiddle East and North AfricaArab and Middle East unrestChris HondrosTim HetheringtonAfricaSat, 23 Apr 2011 19:30:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2011/apr/23/libya-war-reporting-guy-martinGuy Martin/PanosA rebel fighter runs across an intersection in Misrata that is frequently targeted by sniper fire from the street that runs parellel Photograph: Guy Martin/PanosGuardian Staff2011-04-23T19:30:00Z'Photographers have to be near the action. Sometimes too near'http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/apr/22/photographers-tim-hetherington-chris-hondros
Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros were killed while shooting the war in Libya. The Guardian head of photography explains the unique challenge of war photojournalism<p>In a closely controlled, PR-led media world, war remains the last&nbsp;frontier of raw reality. To the photojournalist, this has to be the ultimate attraction, even if it means facing the kind of dangers that normally only soldiers are exposed to. This grim game claimed two more victims this week, Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, when they were hit&nbsp;by fire from government forces in Misrata, Libya.</p><p>The escalating civil war is drawing in experienced and not-so experienced photographers from round the world. In some ways it's the ideal war for photographers – colourful, anarchic rebels taking on a professional standing army. Compared with Afghanistan, the access to this conflict is easy. To cover the Afghanistan conflict in any meaningful way, photographers have to be embedded with the western armies, which means applying to and working with defence ministries and their press minders. In Libya, if you have the dollars and the guts, you just follow the road into Benghazi and from&nbsp;there to the ever-moving frontline. The inexperienced learn quickly in these situations, but they also know that, like bomb-disposal soldiers, they have to be near the action. Sometimes too near. As the most revered of all war photographers, Robert Capa, put it: &quot;If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close&nbsp;enough.&quot;</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/apr/22/photographers-tim-hetherington-chris-hondros">Continue reading...</a>War reportingPhotographyTim HetheringtonChris HondrosFri, 22 Apr 2011 07:00:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/apr/22/photographers-tim-hetherington-chris-hondrosChris Hondros/Getty Images EuropeRebel fighters carry a wounded comrade in Misrata, Libya on 20 April 2011. Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty Images EuropeChris Hondros/Getty Images EuropeRebel fighters carry a wounded comrade in Misrata, Libya on 20 April 2011. Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty Images EuropeRoger Tooth2011-04-22T07:00:01ZWar photographers are not addicted to dangerhttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/apr/22/sean-smith-frontline-reporting
A Guardian war photographer explains the risks and rewards of working on the&nbsp;frontline<p>I'm not surprised Tim was in Misrata on Tuesday. A writer can be 60&nbsp;miles away, in a&nbsp;completely different town, and still get something out of what's happening. But as a photojournalist, if&nbsp;you're half a mile from the action, you might as well be in a completely different country. You actually have to&nbsp;be <em>there</em>.</p><p>The first fighting it was possible to cover followed one road from Benghazi along the coast to Tripoli, backwards and forwards as Gaddafi's forces advanced and retreated. Journalists and photographers in cars followed rebel fighters in four-by-fours and drove towards the frontline. But because a lot of the fighting was in the desert, away from homes and schools, it was difficult to give a sense of the people involved in the conflict other than as men with guns. It was hard to get any humanity out of what was going on.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/apr/22/sean-smith-frontline-reporting">Continue reading...</a>War reportingPhotographyTim HetheringtonChris HondrosFri, 22 Apr 2011 07:00:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/apr/22/sean-smith-frontline-reportingChris Hondros/Getty ImagesA Liberian militia commander loyal to the government celebrates after firing a rocket-propelled grenade at rebel forces in 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty ImagesChris Hondros/Getty ImagesA Liberian militia commander loyal to the government celebrates after firing a rocket-propelled grenade at rebel forces in 2003 in Monrovia, Liberia. Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty ImagesSean Smith2011-04-22T07:00:00ZLibya's front-page casualties have not suffered the most tragic fate | Andrew Brownhttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/apr/21/libya-front-page-casualties
Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, the two photojournalists killed in Libya, deserve admiration – but pity is more complex<p>The deaths of brave war photographers such as <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/apr/20/libya-killed-hetherington-restrepo" title="Guardian: Documentary maker Tim Hetherington and photographer Chris Hondros killed">Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros</a> makes front-page news around the world. But it is in fact the least saddening news from Libya this week.</p><p>I write about war correspondents with the authority of a proven coward. I had the chance to cross into the front lines during the Bosnian war, when I was writing about a pilgrimage site at Medjugorje, just over the mountains from Mostar, which was under siege in terrible conditions. The UN were running regular convoys, I could have tried to hitch a ride. I didn't even try. I was afraid. I have been ashamed of that for years, and some days I still am. So I know the men who died were braver than I am and better journalists. But I still think they were more fortunate than almost everyone else who died in Libya that day. And perhaps the newspapers should reflect this fact a little better.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/apr/21/libya-front-page-casualties">Continue reading...</a>Tim HetheringtonMiddle East and North AfricaWorld newsChris HondrosWar reportingMediaLibyaAfricaThu, 21 Apr 2011 16:43:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/apr/21/libya-front-page-casualtiesHo/REUTERSChris Hondros and Tim Hetherington 'were brave and selfless and should be honoured for that'. Photograph: Ho/ReutersHo/REUTERSTim Hetherington and Chris Hondros 'were brave and selfless and should be honoured for that'. Photograph: Ho/REUTERSAndrew Brown2011-04-21T16:43:00ZChris Hondros - a retrospective in pictureshttp://www.theguardian.com/media/gallery/2011/apr/21/war-reporting-libya
Award-winning photojournalist Chris Hondros has been killed in Misrata, Libya. His work has appeared in magazines and newspapers all over the world <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/gallery/2011/apr/21/war-reporting-libya">Continue reading...</a>War reportingLibyaMediaIraqHaitiUS newsPhotographyWorld newsJournalist safetyChris HondrosAfricaAmericasThu, 21 Apr 2011 00:50:00 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/gallery/2011/apr/21/war-reporting-libyaChris Hondros/Getty ImagesLiberian militia in Monrovia, Liberia Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty ImagesGuardian Staff2011-04-21T00:50:00ZDocumentary maker Tim Hetherington and photographer Chris Hondros killedhttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/apr/20/libya-killed-hetherington-restrepo
Hetherington, co-director of Sundance-winning film Restrepo, and Pulitzer finalist Hondros were killed in Misrata, Libya<p>Two leading photojournalists have been killed covering escalating violence in Misrata, and two other western photographers working with them were injured.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/apr/20/libya-killed-hetherington-restrepo">Continue reading...</a>War reportingLibyaMiddle East and North AfricaWorld newsJournalist safetyMediaFilmDocumentaryPhotographyArt and designTim HetheringtonChris HondrosAfricaWed, 20 Apr 2011 18:17:03 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/apr/20/libya-killed-hetherington-restrepoTim HetheringtonTim Hetherington Photograph: Tim HetheringtonXan Rice in Misrata and Josh Halliday2011-04-20T18:17:03ZFeatured photojournalist: Chris Hondroshttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2010/oct/27/afghanistan-us-chris-hondros-photographer
US-born Chris Hondros is a staff photographer for the newsdesk of Getty Images, and has covered many overseas assignments for the agency. Hondros's photojournalism has received many awards, including honours from World Press Photo and Visa pour l'Image. In this set of images from Herat, Afghanistan's third-largest city, Hondros captures life through the cramped window of a US army Humvee <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2010/oct/27/afghanistan-us-chris-hondros-photographer">Continue reading...</a>AfghanistanUS militaryMediaPhotographyCultureArt and designChris HondrosThu, 28 Oct 2010 13:17:49 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2010/oct/27/afghanistan-us-chris-hondros-photographerChris Hondros/Getty ImagesAn Afghan man stares back through the window of a US Army Humvee in central Herat, Afghanistan Photograph: Chris Hondros/Getty ImagesGuardian Staff2010-10-28T13:17:49Z